Robert Goot
AFR editor-in-chief James Chessell. Photo: LinkedIn
March 31, 2026, 9:53 pm
Chessell concedes cartoon used antisemitic tropes
AFR editor said he had since done reading on antisemitism which had 'opened his eyes' and that he was on a learning curve to develop his understanding further
By AJN STAFF
Cleric Wissam Haddad was found to have breached Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Screenshot: YouTube
August 1, 2025, 2:45 pm
Islamic preacher loses charity status after Four Corners investigation
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) stripped Haddad's Dawah Van Incorporated of its charity registration in June
By AJN STAFF
Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) co-CEO Peter Wertheim (left) and deputy president Robert Goot.
July 1, 2025, 4:18 pm
Decision to take Islamic preacher to court ‘vindicated’
'It confirms that the days when Jewish communities and the Jewish people can be vilified and targeted with impunity are long gone'.
By Carly Adno
Wissam Haddad (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
July 1, 2025, 1:08 pm
Federal Court finds Islamic preacher breached racial discrimination laws
Judge says Wissam Haddad conveyed 'disparaging imputations about Jewish people' that included 'age-old tropes against Jewish people that are fundamentally racist and antisemitic'
By Gareth Narunsky
ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot (centre) and co-CEO Peter Wertheim (right) arrive at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
June 17, 2025, 12:50 pm
Judge reserves decision in racial hate case
“It’s a tragedy when our institutions fail us and citizens are left to fend for themselves," says Peter Wertheim.
By AJN STAFF
ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot (centre) and co-CEO Peter Wertheim (right) arrive at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
June 11, 2025, 2:39 pm
ECAJ takes on Islamic hate preacher in court
The court is set to determine if Haddad – and Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre, which posted videos of the sermons online – contravened the Racial Discrimination Act
By AJN STAFF
Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad is of the preachers who has incited against Jews since October 7. Screenshot: YouTube
May 20, 2025, 2:51 pm
Preacher’s new rant
Sued by the ECAJ over comments in which he called Jews a "vile" and "treacherous".
By AJN STAFF
Robert Goot. Photo: Shahar Azran/WJC
November 7, 2024, 5:40 pm
New global role for communal stalwart Goot
'It is an honour and a privilege to serve on this important committee at one of the most challenging times the international Jewish community has faced'
By AJN STAFF
Cleric Wissam Haddad. Photo: MEMRI
October 29, 2024, 12:45 pm
ECAJ launches court action
The national Jewish roof body first announced in January that it planned to take legal action against Muslim clerics who had made antisemitic statements.
By AJN STAFF
Laurie Rosenblum with great-grandchildren Eve and Noah Revelman.
March 5, 2020, 2:10 pm
‘A dedicated champion’
'For more than 50 years Laurie Rosenblum was Queensland Jewry. He did everything he could to ensure Jews across Australia had a loud and thoughtful voice'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Yvonne Engelman, pictured with her son Michael, holds a candle during a havdalah service in Krakow last week.
January 30, 2020, 7:00 am
‘I survived, so I am the victor’
Sydney Shoah survivor Yvonne Engelman returned to the very site where she lost her family, and almost her own life, as the world marked 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
By Evan Zlatkis
Yvonne Engelman with her great-grandson Meir Simcha Rosenthal at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Giselle Haber
January 23, 2020, 9:27 am
‘A place of true hell’
Sydney Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman and her family will travel to Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nazi death camp's liberation.
By Evan Zlatkis
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth Din. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky
March 28, 2019, 12:00 am
Sydney Beth Din to be investigated
THE Sydney Beth Din (SBD) has accused the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) of having a "history of effectively undermining the theological basis of Orthodoxy and halachah" after JBOD last week resolved to investigate it.
By Gareth Narunsky
Departing ECAJ president Robert Goot addresses the 2016 ECAJ conference in Sydney on November 27. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
December 1, 2016, 12:00 am
18C dominates ECAJ AGM
Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act dominated debate at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s 2016 conference on November 27.
By Shane Desiatnik
Anton Block.
December 1, 2016, 12:00 am
Block takes up the mantle
Victorian Anton Block was elected the new president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry at its annual conference on November 27.
By Peter Kohn
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